Baltic
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adjective


(1)   Of or near or on the Baltic Sea
"The Baltic republics"
(2)   Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages

noun


(3)   A branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European
(4)   A sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy
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Adjective



  1. Of or pertaining to the Baltic region or the Baltic sea.
    • 1994 — S. C. Rowell, Lithuania Ascending, page 9
      The Teutonic Knights were newly established in the Baltic region, where they owed their first possessions to Mazovian policy.
  2. Of or pertaining to any of the Baltic languages.
    • 1918 — Charles E. Bennett, New Latin Grammar
      The Baltic division of the group embraces the Lithuanian and Lettic.
  3. Of or pertaining to the Balts (the Baltic peoples).

Proper noun



  1. the Baltic language family
  2. the areas on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea
    • Thomas Malthus, Importation of Foreign Corn
      It appears from the evidence, that the corn from the Baltic is often very heavily taxed, and that this tax is generally raised in proportion to our necessities.
  3. the Baltic sea.
    • 1906 — Robert Barr, A Rock in the Baltic
      Well, you see, I was temporarily in command of the cruiser coming down the Baltic, and passing an island rock a few miles away, I thought it would be a good opportunity to test a new gun that had been put aboard when we left England.

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